Nut and bolt assembling machine



June 24, 1930. T. c. s'cHENK NUT 'AND-BOLT ASSEMBLING MACHINE Filed Junel, 1927 3 E TOR nl 'i 15. 'ATTORNY lPatented` June 1930 v `This'invention Y .relates toi f machines ifor applying, muts on boltsf-g'and; rthefzinvention y aims to provdeasiinpleqand y'reliable inavchineor 'app'lianc'effor aoiflitating* easyfand rapid'assembly'of-'boltsandrnutsg and. a Ina-f chine ,or appliance espeoial'lyfl Valuable-inthis regard' Wherethe boltsf'are 'ofotherjthanrr A Similar referenceVCharaoters refe'rtosnnij; lard'parts throughout the severalyiews ofthe1 601* ythe"smallersizes;v X 1 1 An object kof .theinventionisw'toi-proyide a plurality ofv cooperantuparts," infvlving AVboltand nut'supportsf'or guides Vand 'a1 preferably Continuouslyrunning 1means for vsoreyszthatjit'isecono1nicalj to 'employattenc'ants'vr to; f'manualglyffposton:a; 'oh one off-j said supports;or guildes" andl ai 'olt on' they other 1- incidentalfto eachfscrewngy-upof a 'nut-on f a particular bolt Anotherobject istoprovide,-in=an" anoew 'of 'the 4kind just refer/red to,l is inple andpractical adjusting-means Afor@readilyadaptn yf drioal housing held inplao'efby of different dimension's appliance",y ainutsorewnfg devi 4arotary 'weg-provided with instrumentality firming yci blc teristc;wherebyglyvheniainut is' fullf' up yon', its ibolty'or, f asY-is'frnore@i'su4 nut has fbeenl partialllyfsorewed 'up to ai' p're#determined @tonton its bolt; the nt-egag@ ingr instrumentality'lwillfffltnrcupn lfidi@ 4 incanta-,fearing nien-@wy ipfcicifej Various"other 'b'jec'tsl'an s for winamp-eut @naturisti jing understood,ofooursef-that, thesoope-ot on L-shapedf slipporting'menibers 53.57;k

'ingathc appliance@ handl'erbolts and hut-fsu y -v novio 30fatinotheyobjeot toip'rov \e,"'in such;

`wail@ mcvinfgffiadvclyf to the1 nut; "so that Vtheappended' claims. v

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A' boltsup'port, suchbolt being indicated,

l'at B,r comprises a cradlev struoture'jinadeup 65 of a pair offorkedoradle'platesl ymit hcrizcntaiiimbs :df-these mbcrgf are shaped Ashown.'best vinv Blfto take In the fiorinof thev invention f protection.contemplated to talren jfroini-v y i abouttop, Side an'clz'floottoinIr'tion's ofthe 7011 l v f* 3 'for'ancuringechmembcrtandfhusffor-fpositioning the cradle in aj-diiiiitegilooti on lhtablej. i 7*' f At oneiidthe tableorrisasta ai Gym? A afiloclr This housing hjciic'w and nus-yiilgfsc y f the' wan o@ lnrmauy fenuenuy noia-S inici other mi Mrhisyrcciii, is Mir chiglia*- p am@ iccgitdinniy of the ge; beingguidedat' @point -ijntfmedia c fifc endg by Y the `central [apertureinjadreniovablej'Wall- Y 95M l normallyyieldinglyprojeotedvsshown.giuiffioul Y ther byA a Vthreaded stop-pin16.

Therod.14,:Where projected'v beyond the housing 9, constitutes amandrelor support V`on Qvvhich a nut may Vloeloosely'sleevedas in- `dica'ted at4N, preparatory .toV belngscrervved -upon a bolt B,

' 'On' that part .of hou-sing lies 'be.

tween standard 8', anda'lan'ge Elben the legit r`endiof the housin`g,fis-revolubly mounted a (rotary device 17, inthefpresent case a V comj mon;type Vof Vcast-iron pulley, ldrivenfcon-I. tinuouslyby av belt 18;. 1 s

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Y sol that their free orf-l'ineraeiids Willseize v.ind engageWith"'sonie, degree ofl tightness-v theflats- 'of` anutlvvhen Vsuch 'nutisfmoved into'thefieldof operationkoil the ing'ers.V j

. L my 2 Oper-ation: Viththeqpulley 17 rotating,;a `,nut Nilishungonftlieendolrod 14, and Athen boltis :laid onthejcradle- -4 Vandthisy j bolt is slidtovvard the right. A single rapid( such sliidinfrm''ovementV oitheboltfiiesults in,

l irst,fthe leila end foi the 'redis being engaged Y jhytheright endoff/the bolt, 'neigt',a Amove-AV Y3ov @Ward the-fri'ghtfuntilltherodislprojected mentoffthe boltifandf rod leas .one unit tobeyond'. thehousing 9? an` amount ust equal Y ,j tothe thickness oi'thegnut' Ni'fandluntil the L mit .is simultaneously .brought into .the field Y j .j K.ofioperation,ofthe.fingers 19, fand,next, a 'centifilming:pressurefoffthe threadedfend of' the`bolt;a'gainstthe',threadedfopening in the l`'nutirvvhi,le the ymit isbeing V'screwed up on the nut-from' Vtheleftend of rod 14, that isifthe[if nut'hasibeen only partially screwed-up on 1 thebolt,the'naflgopeijation vis performed ofA theassembled bolt and nut ,j

' Yslot connection'oomprisingffiuthe upright" Vlimb of the memberjfaslotas Yindicated at'f L5?, and an adjusting bolt @and a'guiding', pin4b carried by the plate; f ,i j

tiltingfor-tossing oli the cradle. n.

- 'In' order-t0 adapt th'femdie manga bolts of different Vshankdiameters A with' the V'man-v drel or support14,the"following-partsare,Y provided: EachV forked or cradle plateV l is mounte'd'on'fitsLeshaped'base 5'by Va pin vand projection of therod 14 Vbeing preventedY v j pulley 17 flies mountediv'rrthereon a. e"plurality'-.oililresilient Vor impositively acting @lingers 19,'1here oflea-spring form.vThese l. lingers are inwardly l'exten-ded 4:trom-,end anchoragefblocls2O as'shovvn'be'st FiggQ,V

and not ina limiting Vsense'.

In -order 4to permit the'c'radle also `to beV c j adjusted for boltsofdiiierent lengths, each "base member 5 'is slidablealong the lengthoftable 6,7and eachof such `base members Y.

, i Y sieA such table by means of'its set screvv 2,7 al-v ff, Y

may be Asecured in the desired position Yon ready referredfto. f Y

In order to permit the substitutionof'one A sized f mandrel ory supportv14. for another',

to setthe appliancey formhandlin'g nutsc'orf responding to boltsofdiiiferent shank diameters, va suitablepluralityof substitute maletures of different sizes, and the, hub of pulley 17 -is provided Withascrewdriver hole 16a so located thatv whnajignedr'wth inthe.

*nuts Y15` are'pr'ovided', having central aperffkr stopfpin 7716.thelatter- .may Jbe readily rea Y moved, asnby .applying Ythe blade-j. ot`the i screw-driver to the kerfj (notshovvn)V .at the. I

outer end of ,saidfping:thisY pin carryingl a f 'screw threadA asillustrated so that the `pin i may be spirally removed. VMalexnut 15V,Vas;

of depressions to facilitatethe use of in readily removing the' same. ,Y

In order to permit the fingers:

'shown in Fig. 2 at 15a, may carry'a .plurality a tool j 19m-beisst, Y

` for properly Vengaging the iiats oft nuts ,of

ditterent sizes, each block'20, on. Which the leaves of itsY finger 19are mounted` by screw 21,i's ypivotallyyhung on a stud 22,'. and onopposite 'sides .of the aXisaof said f 4stud the blookcarries adjustingV,screws 23 f Y thev points of Which bearagain'st inner Wall l iportions of the rimiiange of the pulley; `By n f Y, properly settingthese `adjusting sereWs,eachY .block 20 maybe angularly adjusted onfitsstud 22 `and looked Ain 'such adjustment, 'thereby to set thelngers 19,'for coacting in. the intended Way with theilats of nuts ,off ldifferentsizes. i Y

up of tvvofseparate .parts, thepart marked; i

9 and the part marked k9 *in Fig.f1; y,bothi-wl i gthese parts screwedup toy ar ja`m-riitl in the nutV 10.- 'Then thescrevvY 16, iipresent,need forsuch substitution, :the rearvsectionfQ of j `V Y thehousingmaybe unscrewed,and saidfsec-Yf. tion andthe parts 12 and 13 temporarily removed, so as to permit similar removal,

through 'the open end of theffhousing; section- Y leftin the machine, ofthe'mandrel' 14 for which anotheris -tolbe substituted. K made inV the`above construction, and fmanyl apparently widely dil'erent embodimentsak of..y

Inasmuch as manychang'es could be the inventionA could be made Withoutdeparting from'thejscope thereoit is Y intended that all'v matter'containedV in' theabove l`de'- scription orv shown in thefaccompanyingdrawing v:shall be vinterpreted as v illustrative 'i It fs' Valso `to*bel ,understood that-th 1mi-Q guage contained inthe followingl'claimsis' Aloo j nietVV As illustrated, the housingl 9 vmay be made no 5notfbe touched',. in 4order-fito.substituteToner yIlflandrel onsuppvort14C forranother'; since,

vintended to cover all the genericvand specific i features' of theinvention herein described a l y and all statements ofthe scope of thein- Y,

vention which, as a matter; ofr language, might be said to falltherebetween. Iclaim: 1. A machine orassembling ,nuts having peripheralatfaces and bolts, including the combination ofa rotary device carryinga plurality of'spring'ngers for engaging-the c, i flats `of the nut, a,support for the bolt opposite. said rotarydeviceinrwhichthe same may-beslid along-its'axis, `anda movable support for the nut in, linewith theaxis of the bolt, the bolt supportgguidingvthebolt for movement towardthe nut support to en- Y gage and movev the llatter and `thereby bring.v A the-nut into theeld of operation lof said lingers. 2. A

portingand guiding meansy fora 'bolt sliding therein'so that a boltmaybe shifted in Vthe direction of its axis and towards a nut,

means for holding` a vnut approximately in the axis of the bolt androtary and 'flexible Y means for engagingqflats 'on' the periphery fofthe'nut androtating the latter vrelative v to the ybolt when theboltisshifted in the direction of the nut so on the bolt. v fTAMIS-CfSCI-IENK. Y,

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V,machine yfor assembling nuts-and f bolts, including thecombination ofa supas to yscrew the nut

